Chapter Summaries (Ashes of Man)

Chapter 1: TwilightThe Sails of Charon

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Eikana > ??? Prefecture > Virdi Planum > Yamato Fuelworks Refinery

Plot Summary

Chapter 2: TruthThe Athenaeum Again

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Eikana > ??? Prefecture > Virdi Planum > Yamato Fuelworks Refinery

Plot Summary

Chapter 3: The RedWaking and the BlackWorld

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Eikana > ??? Prefecture > Virdi Planum > Yamato Fuelworks Refinery

Plot Summary

Chapter 4: NessusAir and Darkness

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Maddalo House
Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Shuttle Flier
Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Shipyard Docks

Plot Summary

Chapter 5: TheMarching Sun DescendingOrders

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Landing Field

Plot Summary

Chapter 6: Old ScarsDoubts

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Maddalo House

Plot Summary

Chapter 7: ThePast King'sand DemonFuture Heroes

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Sananne Prefecture > Sananne > Magnarch's Palace > Private Chapel

Plot Summary

Chapter 8: ShatteredGhost Glassin the Ruins

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Orbit > On Board the ISV Ascalon
Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Orbit > On Board the ISV Tamerlane

Plot Summary

Chapter 9: KingsMaddalo and PawnsHouse

Locations

Centaurus Arm > Nessus > Orbit > On Board the ISV Tamerlane > Cargo Hold On Board the ISV Ascalon

Plot Summary

Chapter 10: ParadiseSurvivors

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Shuttle Flier above the City
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Eleventh Dome > Landing Field
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Eleventh Dome > Hangar Bay
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace

Plot Summary

Chapter 11: TheNew GrandFlesh, ConclaveOld Spirit

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Sollan Embassy > Penthouse Atop the Sky Spire
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace > Amphitheater Chamber

Plot Summary

Chapter 12: CommonwealthTo Carteia

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Sollan Embassy > Bathhouse

Plot Summary

Chapter 13: Still the Orchestra PlaysParting

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Theater Auditorium > The Lothrian First Ballet

Plot Summary

Chapter 14: GhostSunlight ofand the MachineAshes

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace > Upper Terrace Dining Hall
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Ground Car leaving the Palace

Plot Summary

Chapter 15: ByThe FirePrince

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > South Polar Region > Lahe Uenalochta (Everfrost Station)
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Thirteenth Dome > Train Station
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Eighth Dome > Bridge over Lower District

Plot Summary

Chapter 16: VulturesNicephorus

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Waste Water Tunnels Beneath the City

Plot Summary

Chapter 17: TheDisquiet AdoratorGods

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Waste Water Tunnels Beneath the City
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Magda's Clinic Beneath the City

Plot Summary

Chapter 18: UpShadows AcheronUpon Time

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Magda's Clinic Beneath the City
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > Waste Water Tunnels Beneath the City
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Dock near Spillway Approaching the City's Surface

Plot Summary

Chapter 19: TheA TurnShot ofin the ScrewDark

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Sollan Embassy

Plot Summary

Chapter 20: The AmazonDemon's King

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Sollan Embassy
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets > Armored Van

Plot Summary

Chapter 21: HeroesOf EndDragons

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets > Armored Van
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets > Dome Gate at the Entrance to an Underground Highway

Plot Summary

Chapter 22: ThereThe inHidden the SilenceFortress

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > City Streets > Armored Van
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace > Underground Prison Cell

Plot Summary

Chapter 23: WhoAngels Holdsof the StringsDeath

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace > Underground Prison Cell
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace > The Grand Conclave Arena

Plot Summary

Chapter 24: TheIron SorcererMen

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > The People's Palace
Sagittarius Arm > Padmurak > Vedatharad > First Dome > Hangar Bay

Plot Summary

Chapter 25: RebirthThe Serpent and the Witch

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Fuge Creche Chamber

Plot Summary

Chapter 26: The CaveLodge of the Sorcerers

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Medica
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dungeon Cell

Plot Summary


Chapter 27: TheAn WhiteUnexpected HandFriend

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dungeon Cell
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dhar-Iagon > Bridge
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dhar-Iagon > Throne Room

Plot Summary


Chapter 28: HadrianThe BoundSecret Prince

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Cavernous Plaza Outside of Dhar-Iagon
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Low-Ceilinged Chamber Above the Plaza

Plot Summary


Chapter 29: MarkingPale TimeFire

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dungeon Cell

Plot Summary


Chapter 30: The Truth and the LieCall

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > The Prophet's Grottoes

Plot Summary

Chapter 31: PieceThe of MindMessenger

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Cavernous Pit

Plot Summary

Chapter 32: WanderingThe and ReleasePlan

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dungeon Cell

Plot Summary

Chapter 33: LivingThe theCity Lieof Black Sepulchers

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dhar-Iagon > Dining Hall

Plot Summary

Chapter 34: The DescentWeeping Wall

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Dungeon Cell
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > Access Tunnel
Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > The Prophet's Landing Barge

Plot Summary

Chapter 35: TTheApollo BrokenUnder CircleIce

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Dharan-Tun > The Prophet's Landing Barge
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Gate of Akterumu

Plot Summary

Chapter 36: The SuppliantsVayadan

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The High Hall Above the Lower Levels of the City

Plot Summary

Chapter 37: The DreamerRising Tide

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > Prison Cell High Above the Desert Plain

Plot Summary

Chapter 38: PreludeThe toLabyrinth MadnessAgain

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > Entrance Hall of One of the Two Towers
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > Parade Route Outside of the Tower
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Threshold

Plot Summary

Chapter 39: AetavanniMars

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Chamber of the Eye
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > Optic Nerve Stairway
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > Domed Hall (Inner Sanctum)

Plot Summary

Chapter 40: WhatThe GreenGates Altarof the Underworld

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > Domed Hall (Inner Sanctum)
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Chamber of the Eye
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Threshold
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Altar of Elu

Plot Summary

Chapter 41: TheBy Black FeastInches

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Altar of Elu

Plot Summary

Chapter 42: SacrificeNever

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > The Temple of Elu > The Altar of Elu
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > Ibis-Class Flier Shuttle Over the Desert Plain

Plot Summary

Chapter 43: TheBroken Son of FortitudeAgain

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > Dorsal Hull of the ISV Tamerlane

Plot Summary

Chapter 44: Flight of the AscalonRequiem

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > On Board the ISV Tamerlane
Sagittarius Arm > Eue > Akterumu > On Board the ISV Tamerlane > On Board the ISV Ascalon

Plot Summary

Chapter 45: AThe ManDemon Mustand Belongthe King

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Randomized Jump Points > On Board the ISV Ascalon

Plot Summary

Chapter 46: ToThe ColchisGood Commander

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Randomized Jump Points > On Board the ISV Ascalon

Plot Summary

Chapter 47: TheAnother Long DarkTime

Locations

Sagittarius Arm > Randomized Jump Points > On Board the ISV Ascalon

Plot Summary

Chapter 48: The Far Shore

Locations

 Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Racha > Rocky Shelf Above the Sea
Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Racha > The Village

Plot Summary

Chapter 49: The Isle of the Dead

Locations

 Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Boat Approaching Thessa
Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > The Isle of the Dead

Plot Summary

Chapter 50: Memory and History

Locations

 Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > Red Company Camp
Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > Upland Path Overlooking the Sea
Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > Keeper Imrah's Home

Plot Summary

Chapter 51: The Glory of the World

Locations

 Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > The Village
Centaurus Arm > Colchis > Aea Prefecture > Sevrast Islands > Thessa > Upland Path Overlooking the Sea

Plot Summary

Dramatis Personae:

The Meidua Red Company

The Imperial Court

The Legions

On Nessus

On Colchis

On Carteia

On Perfugium

The Cielcin

On Vorgossos

Of MINOS

On PadmurakLatarra

The Principalities of Jadd

The Wider World

Those Beyond

Index of Worlds: A Note on Astrography

Lexicon: A Note on Translation